Sunday, October 21, 2012

California Makes It Illegal for Employers to Ask for Social Media Log-in Information

Three Things I Did Not Know:
1. Well, honestly, I did know this was happening. I heard about it probably on the podcast Tech News Today about a year ago. However, I didn't know that California was pushing legislation to stop it.
2. I also wasn't aware colleges were doing this for people who were applying for school.
3. That a teacher's aide was fired in Michigan for not giving up her Facebook password.

Two opinons:
1. This whole issue is ridiculous. No one should ever have to give their log-in credentials to anything unless prompted to do so by the authorities. The fact that people are being turned down jobs or fired because of this is outrageous.
2. You should always keep your social sites locked down to just your friends, and be careful who you add and don't add. You never know how it could affect your life.

One question:
1. Just...why are we letting this happen? If everyone said no to this, companies would eventually stop asking.

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